NO VITAL STATEMENT BEFORE TO-DAY

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 65, 10 December 1936, Page 11

NO VITAL STATEMENT BEFORE TO-DAY

Expectation in Lobbies HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE NO ABDICATION (Received December 10. 1.6 a.m.) London, December 9. It was another foggy and icy morning at Fort Belvedere, where the guards are feeling the cold acutely, and are being changed more frequently to enable them to have a respite. There is still not. a syllable in regard to the outcome of last night's conference, after which the Duke of Kent and Mr. Monckton appear to have remained all night. Mr. Monckton and Sir Godfrey Thomas left in separate cars for London at 9 a.m. The expectation in the lobbies is that there will be no vital statement from Mr. Baldwin before Thursday, and the opinion of members is more disposed to hope for a happier solution than abdication. Sir John Simon and Mr. Monckton arrived at No. 10 Downing Street at 10 .o’clock, and conversed with Mr. Baldwin.

DECISION IS FOR THE KING ALONE

No Cabinet Proposal Before Him MINISTERS’ PART NOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS (Received December 9, 7.30 p.m.) London, December 9. “The Times,” in a leading article, says, “The decision is for the King alone. No Cabinet proposals is before him. He has proposed a certain course of action and has been advised in constitutional form that it is impracticable. There is no reason to doubt that he has accepted the advice. The plan of morganatic marriage is therefore abandoned, and what the King has been considering is whether he shall take any other action. To take none is to acquiesce in the failure of what is known to be his heart’s desire, but no positive action has been suggested except one from which the whole Empire shrinks. “All his Ministers can do is to answer such questions as the King mav have to put in order that he may have th fullest possible understanding of the nature and consequences of any action he may choose to take. It is no doubt deeply distressing to Cabinet that they can do no more than this to help him. but in fact they can only wait while he debates in his own conscience an issue of which they became aware less than a fortnight ago but which he himself must have foreseen for a very much longer period.’”

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